Tech company Sales and Marketing VP Tony Koos, 34, has been putting on a Santa suit and skateboarding around Hartford, Connecticut, a lot lately, according to the Harford Courant. It all started when he was on his way to a party.
He decided to skateboard to the party and got tremendous response on the street. For the past three weekends, Koos has been performing on his skateboard around the city handing out candy canes and wishing everyone a merry Christmas. He said this is his way to raise a little cheer in the city. “The reaction out of people is great. That’s why I do it,” he said.
At the Tron Legacy premiere at the Melbourne Museum IMAXENESS lit up a mini-ramp with a little TRON flavor and it looked good. Here’s how ENESS did it.
Each rider is equipped with an ipod and our custom-built app to measure their air time and trigger graphics whilst in the air and on landing.
We realize that an early morning drive-through strip club may be foreign to most, however, it’s where the Skate Park of Tampa crew do some of their best philanthropic work—you know, for the kids.
Birdhouse will continue it’s tradition of quality products and team progression while joining forces with Syndrome for manufacturing and distribution of the brand. Syndrome Distribution is a worldwide distributor and quality manufacturer of professional skateboard brands including Silver Trucks, BLVD Skateboards, FKD Bearings and Traffic Skateboards. . . “We’re excited about our new relationship with Syndrome Distribution,” said Birdhouse owner Tony Hawk. “We like what they represent within the industry and feel they are the final piece in keeping Birdhouse’s long legacy intact.”
Sounds like it works out well for everyone. New Birdhouse product will be available January 1, 2011. Follow the jump for more. [click to continue…]
We may have mentioned this before, but Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Kevin Staab, and maybe Mike McGill will be skating at Surf Expo during Quiksilver’s All 80’s All Day Vert Challenge being held Friday January 7, 2011 directly following the show at 6 PM.
Tony and the boys will be joined by 10 other 80’s skate legends in competing for $1980 in cash.
We know they’re getting ready, because Tony Hawk just tweeted this photo today from McGill’s Skateshop in Encinitas, California. It would be good to see it live. But we have a couple questions: What did people wear in the 80s? How is Orlando in January?
Golden Glow, New York resident Ann C. Howe, 78, the woman who hit-and-run killed 18-year-old skateboarder Timothy Olson, on August 24, 2010 was sentenced today to one year in county jail and had her drivers license revoked, according to the Star Gazette.
The 18-year-old was struck on Aug. 24 as he rode his skateboard on Hoffman Street near Elmira Free Academy. He died three days later of injuries he sustained in the accident. An anonymous tip led Elmira City Police to Howe and she was arraigned on the charge before Judge James Hayden three weeks after the incident.
One year doesn’t really seem like enough, does it? Then again, at 78 it could be a life sentence.
Joseph Cormier, 41, pleaded guilty to careless driving this morning (December 17, 2010) for the April 6, 2010 skateboard towing death of his friend Norman Swyer, 28, of Beamsville, Ontario. Canada according to a story in The Standard.
Court heard Swyer asked for a tow on his skateboard behind Cormier’s car on a rural Beamsville road. Cormier agreed and pulled him for about 200 metres, when Swyer lost control and fell, striking his head on the pavement. He died of serious head injuries four days later in a Hamilton hospital.
Cormier will be on probation and banned from driving for six month, according to the story. He’ll also have to pay a $1,000 fine. But we’re guessing the worst punishment of all is knowing the part he played in his friend’s death.
On December 16, 2010 etnies invited 580 kids from Orange County California Boys & Girls Clubs to come by the office and have a holiday party in the back parking lot. The event featured a mass of bouncy houses, appearances by Ryan Sheckler, Kyle Leeper, Devine Calloway and Tyler Bledsoe, and most importantly free brand new shoe.
The kids from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Westminster, California (pictured above) were doing a great job waiting until they got on the bus before opening their presents. Follow the jump for a few more pics. [click to continue…]
Yesterday kept hearing about Bill Weiss and the relaunch of Digital Skateboarding. Yes, the very same Digital Skateboarding from way, way back in 1999. Here’s what Weiss and the crew are saying:
Ten years after we produced our first video, we are thrilled to release digitalskateboarding.com, a new website bringing you video parts and interviews with the best pro and am skaters from around the world. . . Our early efforts were often wild and hardly perfect, but our videos quickly became synonymous with great skateboarding, partying and sense of humor.
Seems like they’re jumping right back in where they left off. And it looks good. Check it.
The skatepark started out guerrilla-style in 2009 when a friend of DelCortivo’s, Kyle Crandall, was scouting urban skate locations. Crandall found the bridge and started pouring concrete under the south end of the bridge, attempting to build a bowl. . . Word leaked fast in the tight-knit skate community, and soon enough dozens of skateboarders were helping convert the seamy underside of a bridge into something practical. Jones said the scene under the bridge before work got started was borderline post-apocalyptic. . . Burning mattresses, drug users, squatters and extensive trash and graffiti were all part of the environment. . . Most of that left with the arrival of the skatepark, although keeping the area graffiti-free requires constant vigilance.
